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Deyante 'Pooter' Stephens, 22, was arrested Wednesday by the FBI and charged in a criminal complaint with the armed robbery of the PNC branch on Coventry Lane.

A Fort Wayne police officer who works part-time for the store contacted police after he discovered repeated thefts by several employees and customers beginning in July 2012, according to court documents that did not reveal the store's address.

The Kosciusko County Sheriff's Department released the names of the four school bus drivers.

The plague of prescription drug abuse is so widespread and so pervasive that NBA Hall of Famer George "The Iceman" Gervin said the culture surrounding these drugs has to change.

FORT WAYNE McArthur Drive on the city's southwest side will close at the railroad tracks for more than a week.

The City of Fort Wayne's free splash pads will be turned on Saturday, with plans to keep them running until Labor Day.

Last year, the largest bicycle tour in recent memory, if ever, in Fort Wayne attracted nearly 1,000 riders who threaded their way through residential areas of the city, out into the countryside and back into town.

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FORT WAYNE The Peace and Justice Commission in Allen County has scheduled a Heal the Land prayer service at the site of Fort Wayne's most recent homicide.

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Rick James and his grandchildren watch as his wife, Vicki, and Bishop Michael Coyner, right, cut a ribbon for Epworth Forest Conference Center in North Webster.

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Name: Accelerated Tanks and Trailers Address: 5201 Investment Drive, Fort Wayne Company description: The Fort Wayne-based manufacturer builds steel storage tanks to hold water and chemicals used at construction, industrial and environmental cleanup sites.

Standing in his gray suit, Troy Turner turned to his victim in the front row of the Allen County Superior Courtroom on Wednesday and apologized.

Andrew Alvarez of Fort Wayne and Kyle Penrod of Warren are among 30 teachers named Woodrow Wilson Indiana Teaching Fellows.

Indiana's largest school district says it won't accept results of this year's standardized testing until an independent third party validates the scores.

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A school bus slammed into the back of another bus, setting off a chain-reaction crash involving four buses in northern Indiana, leaving dozens of middle and high students with non-serious injuries and one driver seriously injured.

The desire to send help to the people devastated by the massive tornado in Oklahoma on Monday is overwhelming.